New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-27
FLORIDA DAYS.
STANCE: AND MELANSAS MULE.
WHITE ROLLING PINES, Fla, Mo-

% II was for the high tree that you wantcu thc
LADDER asked mildly.
"YoIsr
We had gone mp slopes and down slopes until before
rs. slight incline, what at fist glance
seemed 10 be rough heap of palmetto leaves
Tn, sunset light from behind and rested with
a deep glow ON the clearing whore werc few orange
trees, and hat bristllng pile Of Palmetto. From
this latter object looked something crsed
through opening Tia. Something was u woman,
without any covering for her head, and wearing tho
same dismal and dragging gown which had been
S'lanSc', garment when had FIRST seen her Now her
hair loo,encd and falling, and could not soc
If her face dney. The enchanting flush from the
horizon made glamor bctwc'H her and She
| Looked really ,tartllngly beautiful
This was tie house Of the Washers. log house
hift,s,y patched by laying palmetto leaves and
holding them In place with slabs from the uscful
saw mill But slab, and leaves, and everything had
general sliding look If all would be Oh the
ground
The figure Of Slangc the only figure I'm sight.
She put her hand above her eyes to look stopped
10 carrss the dog who had gonc forward then made a
| few steps toward rs and spoke Immediately about the
ladder in the words have put at the beginning OF this
| letter. was relieved 49, to think hrr thief But
then. She accountable Ike other human beinc,}
After had made my re-, ponsc 10 her rXplaua lion
apology. and >Er had said yolsr to IL. thcrn was
long silence during which the glrl looked with sort
Of ohiu.r mtrrc, rs steadily and calmly rs as If
W. had been nanlmaic
Tie du,h Of the evening hal thclcncd now making
tie ho."i '"ok ,''n ploou'cr Tho moaning ia tho
PIN tree, suddenly became unbcarabl, TO me-
y "" STOOD there not speaking. the muillrd and
>lrv crunch'ur of sand. of heavy toly apprupch
nt. was beard behind Us. S'lansc SAID with
| appearance of alarm.
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why don't So .o}7
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| boon "a l.,ii. ri,lons too
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nlf Ing power AMI looked If stance t 800 # io, $40
vc,, increased so. She atrc,i.,l a.u.nal washers
lc.. ib.urb clad 10, b,.,, and r,-,.d INV l,,r.i
small and entirely un,bl to s,,,or, Ms vclcr, uo
farrr.! douu,a.d from a.. waist and .,,y.l from,
tho same place IT, looiod both ,rnfc..,.. And hnr
ll. IL. va, clothed IN fine extreme SIMPLICITY Of
,lnt and tf.r,. i. with mo- .D,r. ,r Iiu.. Tho
.l,.,r, of LIB, shirt l,I l.,, farm or 80 that IA, VA,
b,f, armed
VINO alc you Peg h, asked In a husky whisper. and
| win what seemed unrallcd for icloclo.,nc,,
Loaa.I bean ,n. inI>,,cI. 10. mention orr names
when ho interrupted by Iuquiriu I..nantly what in
t I.,.i thoD-ht Do. wanted ro know our name, for
T-n Dee sold tllt Ore didn't have visitors aud s'iau.c
d'.uf have Visitors. After which remark De- edged
himself ip 90 IAt opening of DO, hut, aud felt d.,
o. .,..i a.I began 10 vaIi rapidly away. buul,llug
lon lu fhe dizziness. only taiu- caro- uot io run into
tree. o3 fan into th.r ,ct- Of scrub palmetto.
VT, thinking that The man had illhod rather icrs"
English though with a tvauc ~ something forc.- ~
Vl-u heard slangcs Voice shouting short distance
b,h.ll Us.
- TO-, gvilc wrong for -ho. " She wa, saving.
We saws o." rih walking rapidly hut easily through
the .anl she bad something over h"r shoulder which
vr .Uuf .lu 20 t. i'r which had b.cu tn' ucaH-
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